March 10, 2010, New York Times| The Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood was issued an eviction notice by their parent organization, the Harvard-affiliated Judge Baker Children’s Center, soon after winning an out-of-court settlement in a class action suit against the Walt Disney Company.—James David Morgan

March 9, 2010; Wall Street Journal| In an op-ed published in the Wall Street Journal, a former advocate disowns her support of the nation’s 5,000 charter schools, despite the advent of President Obama, a liberal Democrat who is supporting charters with more vigor than Bush I, Clinton, or Bush II did in their administrations.—Rick Cohen

March 9, 2010; Health Leaders Media| By any measure, $3 billion is a lot of money, and more so when it represents the largest single chunk of federal stimulus money that might be directed to a state in the form of reimbursements for patient services.—Bruce Trachtenberg

March 9, 2010; OMB Watch| We’ve come a long way since the days of machine politics when redrawing electoral districts was a secretive act that rewarded the party in power. Still, the process is far from perfect.—Bruce Trachtenberg